2002 Thalgo Australian Women's Hardcourts – Doubles
# 2002 Thalgo Australian Women's Hardcourts – Doubles

Giulia Casoni and Janette Husárová were the reigning champions, but did not compete this year.

Justine Henin and Meghann Shaughnessy won the title by defeating Åsa Carlsson and Miriam Oremans 6–1, $7–6^{(8–6)}$ in the final. It was the 1st title for Henin and the 3rd title for Shaughnessy in their respective doubles careers.

## Seeds

* Elena Likhovtseva / Ai Sugiyama (semifinals)
* Sandrine Testud / Roberta Vinci (quarterfinals)
* Els Callens / Nicole Pratt (quarterfinals)
* Justine Henin / Meghann Shaughnessy (champions)

## Draw

### Key

* Q = Qualifier
* WC = Wild card
* LL = Lucky loser
* Alt = Alternate
* SE = Special exempt
* PR = Protected ranking
* ITF = ITF entry
* JE = Junior exempt
* w/o = Walkover
* r = Retired
* d = Defaulted
* SR = Special ranking

### Draw

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinales | Semifinales | Semifinales | Semifinales | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | E Likhovtseva A Sugiyama | 4 | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | J Kruger E Loit | 6 | 5 | 3 | 1 | E Likhovtseva A Sugiyama | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | B Stewart C Wheeler | 4 | 4 | | | D Bedáňová I Majoli | 4 | 4 | | | | | | | | | |
| | D Bedáňová I Majoli | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | 1 | E Likhovtseva A Sugiyama | 1 | 2 | | | | |
| 4 | J Henin M Shaughnessy | 6 | 5 | 7 | | | | | | 4 | J Henin M Shaughnessy | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| | E Bovina D Hantuchová | 0 | 7 | 5 | 4 | J Henin M Shaughnessy | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | K Schlukebir E Tatarkova | 3 | $7^9$ | 6 | | K Schlukebir E Tatarkova | 2 | 2 | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | E Dominikovic S Stosur | 6 | $6^7$ | 3 | | | | | | | | | | 4 | J Henin M Shaughnessy | 6 | $7^8$ |
| | T Garbin R Grande | 1 | 5 | | | | | | | | | | | | M Oremans Å Carlsson | 1 | $6^6$ |
| | M Oremans Å Carlsson | 6 | 7 | | | M Oremans Å Carlsson | 6 | 3 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| | B Lamade P Schnyder | 2 | 6 | 3 | 3 | E Callens N Pratt | 3 | 6 | 4 | | | | | | | | |
| 3 | E Callens N Pratt | 6 | 4 | 6 | | | | | | | M Oremans Å Carlsson | w/o | | | | | |
| | S Farina Elia N Petrova | $7^8$ | $7^7$ | | | | | | | | S Farina Elia N Petrova | | | | | | |
| | N de Villiers I Selyutina | $6^6$ | $6^1$ | | | S Farina Elia N Petrova | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | L McShea N Miyagi | 6 | 4 | 3 | 2 | S Testud R Vinci | 2 | 1 | | | | | | | | | |
| 2 | S Testud R Vinci | 1 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
